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This briefing note provides guidance for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on integrating human health protection into a future international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

This fact sheet provides a comparison table tracking the evolution of the proposed structure for a future plastics treaty across several iterations: the Zero Draft (INC 3), the INC 4 Compilation, and three versions of the Chair's Potential Structure (V.1, V.2, and V.3).

This guide by the International Institute for Sustainable Development provides an overview of the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, which were initiated following a March 2022 United Nations Environment Assembly resolution.

This informal briefing note from the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs provides recommendations for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to ensure the protection of human health is integrated into a future international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. It argues that plastic pollution constitutes a public health crisis affecting every stage of the plastic life cycle and proposes three structural options for the treaty: an integrated approach, a standalone article on health, or a combination of both. The document details specific opportunities to embed health protections across various treaty articles, focusing on the elimination of harmful chemicals, sustainable product design, and the establishment of a science-policy interface to allow the treaty to evolve with emerging evidence.

This briefing note by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs outlines strategies for integrating human health protection into the development of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. It proposes a cross-cutting approach involving product design, information availability, implementation support, and a dedicated article on health to address adverse health impacts across the full plastic life cycle.